Visualizin' the realism of life and actuality
Fuck who's the baddest a person's status depends on salary
And my mentality is money-orientated
I'm destined to live the dream for all my peeps who never made it
With those four lines from Life's a Bitch, AZ managed to reach the pinnacle of his career with his first verse out the gate. It hasn't been all downhill since then (some of his other highlights we've gone over before), but its hard to listen to Illmatic and not be somewhat disappointed by AZ's career up to this point. Lyrically, he's always been one of the best in the game, but he's never managed to translate that into mainstream success the way Nas has.
That being said, he's still managed to put out some solid albums. One of them, AWOL, was remixed in its entirety by Miami-based producer Mydus. If you haven't heard much of AZ before, this is a good opportunity to check him out, as Mydus is offering his AWOL remixes for free. Here are a couple of them:
Idolator has the newest Devin track with Andre 3000 and Snoop: click here for that.
Dope song, but Andre can bounce up outta here with that piracy bullshit he drops in his verse.
3/8/2007 7:17:24 PM posted by fresh
Actually, I had to go back and listen to the original AWOL (hadn't heard it in a minute) because I thought a couple of those beats were from AZ's album. Definitely sounds like beats AZ would rap over.
Haven't heard much of Ratatat to be honest, beyond a few tracks that the Hollertronix kids put up every now and then. If you got the goods, I'd definitely be interested in hearing them.
3/9/2007 5:46:06 PM posted by fresh
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